Can PIR be used for sending junk mail and computer viruses ?

Junk mail and computer viruses are a typical problem in conventional email systems, where the parties are not authenticated. In PIR, junk mail and viruses are efficiently prevented by the fact that both the service point and the customer are authenticated parties....more

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While there may be any number of reasons for the failure, lately there has been a trend among the big ISP's to start blocking outbound network traffic intended for mailservers on the internet, such as mail.cs.utexas.edu. The reason for the change is...

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The damage a computer virus can inflict on your system depends on many things, including how sophisticated the virus is. Here is a short listing of the types of damage viruses can do to your computer. Viruses can: delete or change file...

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Your data is sent to our secure off site location locked by a 256 bit encryption system. Plus, there is an additional backup for the main backup server which is stored in a fire-safe compartment. Additionally, your information is only accessible via ...

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Yes, but you shouldn't depend on us to protect you from viruses as they can get into your computer through other routes, such as downloaded files, peer-to-peer networks, and floppy disks.Return to top

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Most computer viruses are spread through email or by floppy disk. Sometimes there is good reason to be suspicious. Files or programs that come unsolicited and offer to entertain us are much more likely to contain computer viruses. Files which h...

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Yes! All computers connected to the campus network, this includes personal laptops, must abide by the Campus Minimum Security Standards. This includes installing anti-virus software.[Return to Top]

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Our program eliminates possibly malicious code from a postcard before it is saved on our server. So no-one can annoy you with a JavaScript bomb in his postcard. Also, "conventional" computer viruses can't be tran...